this is thursday on the centennial airport. come by and support the navy sole foundation. >> it is a great cause. i wonder what other videos he has taken? >> we tonight want to go there. >> it is a great cause. we look forward to hearing about it. >> america live begins right now. >> fox news alert for you on the battle of the budget and spending. welcome to america live. i am allison came authorityota in for megyn kelliy. president obama pushing his agenda to the top business executives and addressing the country's deficit and efforts to grow the economy. listen. >> we have to be tight- fisted. there is waste to be and

programs that don't work are now obsolete and we should eliminate. there is programs to eliminate and programs to consolidate. but what is also true, if we are going to be honest about our debt and deficits, the real problem is the long- term. >> and now this comes as a democrats so a down shift in the public's perspective. democrats had the edge last year. 51 percent of the people believing that the democrats were keeping the country prosperous. and now the democrats number dropped ten points and republicans have gained that advantage of 43- 42 percent. and here now to discuss all of this is host of power play on fox news.comlive chris. >> hi, ally.

>> the now gall up poll shows that the public's confidence in the democratic ability to shore up the economy dropped ten points. that was a year ago. the economy hasn't gotten worse in the course of the year. some housing has picked up a bit. why that big of a drop? >> there is this. what we thought would be the now normal, there is a patience limit of what the normalcy is. if you think about it. what the president is saying, that the recovery is so bad that we can't risk having a fight over fiscal issues right now. not that we have a great thing going. he said the patient is on life support and let's not jostle him at this moment. that is indicative of where the white house is on this and how they are going to frame what is

less than two weeks away as we go to the cliff. >> it feels like yesterday frankly you and i chris, were talking about this thing. it is not as if the republicans are seen as fiscal gur us. they are only at 43 percent. the public doesn't have confident in the leaders. >> have you seen the town and been here lately? there is not a lot to commend them. the truth is, a year ago, the president was out with an economic plan and running for office and the heat of the campaign. yay said the president we have a plan and can do this. he's had a bruttial start to his second term and in the agenda that he solid on the campaign trail about more government spending obviously is not going anywhere. and so he's stuck. and people are frustrated and it is understandable. >> let's talk about what the

president was talking about with business leaders today. he used the word "extortion". >> never sewn in the history of the united states the debt ceiling or threat of not raising the debt ceiling being used to extort a president or a governing party and then trying to force issues that have nothing to do with the budget or debt. >> is he right about that, chris? >> historically are we in a new age where the debt ceiling is used as a bargaining chip. >> we haven't had a budget since 2007. we are staggering over ourselves and getting throw or six months down the path. who started it was himself and other democrats in the senate who had a moment of opportunity

with george bush, and for them it was not obama care, it was the iraq war and they dug in against the president on the iraq war andoused the debt ceiling increase as lack of leadership and failure in iraq and now the republicans are doing him that. and the turn about is taking us down a dangerous cul-de-sac. bee haven't had a budget for all of these years including when the democrats were in control of washington. and therefore, the debt increase and spending is totally uncoupled and who knows? >> i read the transcript of what the president was saying. it sounds like he was saying to them, i am going to need your help sending a message to congress that it would be terrible for us to default and disaster for america to default on our debts and the government shutdown to happen. he was saying, i can't get my

message through to congress. can you pick up the phone and make the calls? >> he will need their help. but the other thing that i found very interesting. he was making a defense of the health care law. they don't agree that the health law will be beneficial for the bottom line or they wouldn't have asked him for a one year delay and the mandate in the law. >> chris, always great to talk to you. >> you bet. >> the white house announcing that president obama will attend a memorial service sunday for victims of the washington navy yard shooting as defense secretary chuck hagel orders review of all defense facilities worldwide in response to the tragedy. and the military investigates how alleged armed gunmen aaron

alexis skirted high level security and kill 12 people. jennifer griffith has the latest. >> allison, defense secretary hagel announced two reviews. he is ordering physical review of physical security of the defense facility and the security clearance. the pent dpon and navy are pushing back on notions that budget cuts somehow led to monday's tragedy. >> the budget issue did not degrade the security in the navy yard and contribute to this. >> i can assure you that the cost control measures mentioned in the report have nothing to do with budget short falls and sequestration itself. we don't cut for security, chairman. the two are unrelated. >> what is relevant is how the

shotter aaron alexis carried with him a ten year security clearance with an honorable discharge despite being arrested three times twice in the navy and one for unauthorized firing of the weapon. and why he could join after the incident was reported to police in seattle. >> there were a lot of red flags and why they didn't get picked up and incorporated in the clearance process and what he was doing, those are all legitimate questions. he committed murder and i am not sure any particular question or lack of question on the security clearance would have revealed that. >> and the veterans affairs department is mum about whether he saw the doctors for mentalshes including in rhode island when he was hearing voices in his head.

he passed the last security clearance check in john. they will look at how contracts are screened to work in sensitive jobs on bases a round the world. >> they need to examine all of that. >> and so is the current security chlorrances system capicable of preventing this? >> the assad regime handing russians evidence to show they never used chemical weapons against their own people. the august 21st attack killed 14 people and crossing a obama global redline and prompting syria to disband the arsennil. sarin gas was used but did not say by whom. the syrian government can prove the rebels are to blame.

how will they prove that, leland? >> no one knows. it so manies hilo likely to prove this to the syrian government and to the rest of the world with any coined of evident they have. the number of the videos that we showed you on day one of the august 21st attack, showed civilians suffering from clear symptoms of weapon's grade nerve gas. the only people who have that is the syrian government inside of syria. but the same time the debate of who used the weapons is academic considering the un report. the united states tock air strikes off of the table and at the same time syrian government will give up the chemical weapon stock pile. that was the trump card. but president assad has the military advantage in the conflict. his conventional army is vastly superior to the rebels.

the rebels showed off the battle prowess or lack thereof. they were aiming homemade mortgages and using ipads going up against president assad and his air force especially in the winter fighting phase. and some offensive over president assad's battlefield advantage that will become very pronounced here. the one thing he would not be able to do is reclaim his country from the rebels pushing all the way through and take back the ground. but the rebels are unable to take enough ground and put pressure on the regime and give the regime a reason to negotiate with the way the united states and western powers would like. >> a legal battle erupting over a conservative political action committee 2kedicated to out flo

boundary ing nancy pelosi. and plus, a setback for the victims of convicted fort hood shotter nadal hasan. they found his estate funds were all gone. and a group discover dredged from the bottom of the lake and giving new life to a mist row. >> he would bring it up how it bothered him. there was nothing. no leads no nothing. he said it was like they just vanished into thin air. [ male announcer ] marie callender's knows you may not have time

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storm sandy last year. the fire sparked under a building where the equipment was inaccessible sips the storm and now the investigation is over and businesses can start to rebuild once again. new response from the pentagon in the aftermath of the washington navy yard shooting. they ordered a comprehensive review of the defense securities worldwide. and just as important as guns and gates is the unseen intelligence. there are concerns that the security screening system is not up to the task. there is a fox newsan lift. >> it seems some what a parent this guy had a mental illness. last month, he called newport, rhode island police he was hearing voices in the ceilings and walls of his motel. is there anything they could have done to take away his

security clearance at that point? >> the thing about all of this, it is not just this case, it is a horrible case and a tragedy and we feel for the families who died and were injured. i look@whole picture of what happened since september 11th. we have vastly increased the intel jeops security. it is so big now, everything is falling through the cracks. it is not just this guy and mental instability issues and the fact he fired a gun on the ceiling. there is so many other cases where we had the intelligence because it fell through the cracks. look at underwear bomber, his father said watch my son, i think there is a problem. >> that is not too much intel gents. that is human error. >> it is human error. there is so much stuff. there was a human error and boston bomber, and the russians

came to us and watch out for the guys. we did, and so many on the no-fly list they fell off the bottom. look at corporal manning and major hasan and now den, the leaker from nsa and then this case. all issues we should have seen coming. why? we have so many people with security clearance we can't vet them all. >> you got your first security clearance in 1970 and described the process that they went through to give and vet you. >> i had high security chlorrance and top secret and above. they went to my hometown and talked to my neighbors and school teachers and college professors and talked to my friends and look to see if i had risk issues and a big risk taker. and did i have a drinking problem or drug problem or associate with people who have a risk. and looked at driving records.

and bank records. >> do they do that? >> do they ask the neighbors. he shot the gun and yelled at other neighbors and went to doctors to the va hospital saying i have mental health issues. they should have come up time and time again, not just with him but with major hasan and others. in addition to looking at guns and gates, we ought to take a bigger look. we have 4 million people with security clearance who are doing the vetting. it is not like my day when the fbi did. it we have half million contractors with top secret security. and the car he used to get on the base. common access card. there were several millions of those around the world. we have gotten so big, we are not sure what we are doing and stuff falls through the cracks. >> he went to the va because he was having insomia and a report

of staying up three days in a row. but there are privacy laws and issues when you go to get psychiatric counseling. should they have alerted someone. >> privacy issues yes. if we go to see a doctor. yes. but if the united states government is entrusting with weapons and computer systems that affect the defense of the united states. those privacy issues that you give up. in the good old days, if you went to see a psychiatrist that was noted on the medical records. now, i am not sure it s. we tell ourselves that this was an exception and never should have fallen through the cracks. but how many times do we see that before we wonder if the cracks are too big. >> on a personal note, your lovely daughter. lieutenant mcfar land, who i had the pleasure to meet is in the

navy. are you confident of the adequate security in the military bases? >> we need to look at that. we had too many instances where something went wrong. if this man can access the navy yard. that is the ceremonial center and the heart and administrative headquarters of the united states navy. there is a big question. how did he get through the first gate and second gate and second access to the building and carry weapons on? we need to look at that. we need to look again. a lot of security at bases used to be in the hands of the marines and military and now contracted out. >> we need to look at a lot of stuff in light of this tragedy. >> thank you. >> meanwhile a man walks in front of a train and didn't so until almost too late. >> and nadal hasan is broke and find out where his money went

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>> it was a terrifying scene on the tracks when a 20-year-old man darts cross the rails, narrowly avoiding being hit by a train that is going 37 miles per hour. this whole thing was caught on surveillance video. the man ignored a barrier and warning bell. the nor miss traumatized the woman at controls of the train and had to take leave from work.

the man was fined more than $2,000. >> the victims of the fort hood shooting may never see a dime for the pain and loss. it turns out majorna dal hasan has no money and the throw hundred thousand went to charity. he was sentenced to death for killing 13 people and wounding dozens of others back in november 2009. tras is back with more. >> the hope was to take 300,000 and create a fund for the children. but every nickel of the money went to crazy. the kraedz thing is he will not offer proof or names of the charity and the attorney said the checks were not deposited that they were not traceable. and we confirmed a bank agreed

to accept the checks. it is a long shot. the reason he collected so much money is the delays dragged on for four years. prosecutor renowsed to take the death penalty and he refused to shave his beard. the victims are continuing to push the administration to list it as a terrorist attack enabeling them to qualify for certain benefits in some cases because some of the victims are unemployed and have hefty medical bills and at this point in time. what they are saying any money from nadal hasan would be a victory in principle. >> you would think he would have to prove he gave it to charity and which ones? >> you would think. that is the pressing part.

lawsuits are flying to get it characterized as a terrorist attack and find out what happened to the money. they want the proof and turns out it will be coming out in a court of law. >> porvictims that waited so long, trace. thank you for the update. >> there is a force fighting in capitol hill and the debt limit. will the government shutdown 12 days from now? and a massive way in colorado to locate everyone unaccounted for. and folks who lost everything are just starting to pick up the pieces there. >> i am just in shock. to see that i will never get the things i oen. >> it say mess and everything is detried and it is all washed away. when you have diabetes like i do,

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the suspects apparently asked for money and jewel row and the mom said they didn't have either one, they turned and shot and killed the dog and then they kidnapped perez. they had her more than 24 hours and she was found safe and sound which is very unusual in kidnapping cases. it is tremendous news for the family and better yet, the two suspects are now in custody. and so she's safe and sound and they are in custody and we are finding out the details of where they went. it was a nationwide amber alert, because it was 12 hours before they figured out where they might have gone, and so it broadened the entire scope. they put a lock down on the southern section of georgia and checking cars and they were setting up command posts, but really the scope had to be wide

enough because they could have been anywhere by that time. we are curious to find out where they were caught. they didn't put up a fight. but they were clearly armed because they shot and killed the dog. as we get more information about the safe return of 14 year old a vandi perez. and we'll bring it to you and how the suspects were taken into custody. >> it is amazing when one of the stories ends on i positive note. thank you for bringing it to us. >> fire works on capitol hill. republicans will pass a budget bill that with holds funding for the president's health care law and spanning little chance of passing in the democratically held senate. and setting up for a show down. democrats claim that's what the republicans want and house speaker joan boehner said that is not a case. >> there should be no

conversation about shutting the government down. that is not the goal here. our goal is to cut spending and protect the american people from obama care. there is no interest in our part of shutting the government down. >> it is not the time to play chicken. there are folks that are intent to do that and got elected to do so. >> is there any room for compromise? monica crowley is a talk she host and christen powers is a columnist. great to have you here. christen, i will start wu. are republicans playing chicken with this debt ceiling and government shutdown, are they not? it is hard to tell. some are saying one thing and the others are the other. >> the best way to figure out. look at their what they are saying. they are playing chicken with the obama care nonsense. the idea that they think that

they are ever going to get an agreement on the defunding obama care is absurd and they know that. and if they know that and continue to have the budget attached to the fact that obama care must be defunded then they know that the budget is not going to pass. and if they think they will get away with the game. good luck with. that everybody can see what is going on and i also don't think they have right to defund obama care or man date in the country to do so. >> monica, what is going on on capitol hill. >> no one is on the republican side talked about shut down the government. it funds every other facet of the government with the exception of obama care. and so what the republicans are doing, listen, two-thirds of the american people hate it and want it repealed in the entirity or

in part and public support is with the republicans on this. and defunding is the only way to stop it. more and more people are saying that as they come to know obama care they hate it. >> it hasn't started yet. >> that's the point. >> the latest polling and so we are all on the same page. the latest usa research poll shows that 53 percent of the americans don't like obama care. so kirsten that is a majority. and so what are they supposed to do when constituents don't like it. >> look at that same poll and 53 percent. it is divided half-and-half of what should be done. half of them say that the congress should immement it. and half of them say congress should stop it. a pugh said the people who say

defollow-upped it are 23 percent of the over all population. that is what we call a minority. a small minority. and the republicans took 23 percent of the population and claim the majority of americans want to defund obama care. it doesn't work. it hasn't even started. >> we can give you another poll. rasz musun said 51 percent are willing to shift down to defollow-upped the. they don't like socialized medicine. it is not just republicans. democrats are running away and labor unions begging for wafers and exceptions. and the you have crony socialism going on and unions are trying to get wafers from this thing. and let's exempt all of america

from this and start from the beginning. it doesn't mean a government shutdown. fund every other part of the government except for the thing that is blowing up the economy. >> that craziness is going to destroy the republican party. >> and it is people who are with them on this. >> the american people are not with the republicans. this is not socialism. these are insurance exchanges. >> christen, this is the -- talk show host >> let's just say in the president's own words, nancy pelosi's and tom harkin. this is one giant leap to ultimate objective of single payer and if it gets funded that is the end of the story. that's why you stop it now. >> single payer is not socialism. >> that's where we disagree. it is. >> government funded health care is like in the uk where they

work for the government. this is so far removed from that. they are health insurance exchanges. >> let me ask you a question. hold on one second about the plan that congressman tom graze came up with. they can avert a government shutdown, if they work to defund obama care, do you see that as any sort of winning strategy for the republicans. >> this is like we can pass a budget if you can prove there is life on mars. they are putting a nonstarter and they have no right to hold up the government because 23 percent of the population. and a poll that everyone quoted on the 53% is now a poll we are not using. they have no right to hold up the government. >> they are not holding up the government. no one is holding up the government. monica last word.

>> the republicans have to have the message clear. if there is a shutdown it is the democrats choice and try to stop the obama care from going through. this is a normal strategy for the republicans. republicans are trying to save the country from socialized medicine and force the democrats to support grossly unpopular legislation or vote to clear the legislation. that is brilliant. >> producers are telling me we have to go. i wanted to thank you. we'll see what happen in the next 12 days and an election commission cracking down on a political path after they use nancy pelosi in the title. what is in the name? our legal panel will discuss that. and more than a year on the attack on benghazi and we'll have more to find out who is responsible.

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a legal battle brewing over the name of the newest political action committee is called the stop pelosi pact. they are telling the stop pelosi pact to remove the minority leader's name from the title and she did not say she could use it. the group argued they could use whatever name they want. they have two weeks to shut it down and face audit and enforcement action. joining us now is doug burns a former prosoutor and defense

attorney. great to have you guys. >> so can the pact use the name pelosi in a way that is illegal? >> under the current rules, you can't use the name in a negative way without authoritiorization of the candidate. >> and you can use in a positive but not negative. >> it has to be issue drin. but there is one way around this, if you are talking about a special project and you don't have just nancy pelosi. but.orgor something like that and a bigger pact that includes a web site, then as a special project in the law. >> you can have a web site. you have a pact and instead of stop pelosi conservative for america. and fine nothing wrong with that name. and under the umbrella stop pelosi.org. and that is why everybody is

going crazy. >> how can you have that rule. >> and the pac issues that you use it to promote and you can't destroy member in a pac. but you can under the section 3 or 102.4, you can she the opposition as you use like a special project. under a large umbrella. >> if you went to court, you would have a couple of different issues. one my first amendment right to say stop pelosi. that is a losing argument. >> as a pac. right. >> and the underlying special promotion and web site point they would warrant that is vague and unclear as to what it allows. what is the difference of the pac and name under the web site. >> it is the packaging. >> which trum ps which.

i don't want somebody starting an stop allyson cameota. >> they couldn't take your name using your name authorization. but they could in a larger umbrella. they could, i can't imagine, they all love you, ally. >> but it is a public figure and a journalist. and they couldn't profit or make commercials. >> she is public figure. >> there they are not making money. it is an issue- driven thing. >> it is issue- driven and not personality drin. >> and remember citizens united supreme court decision that had everybody up and arm about whether money and free speech. does this play into that? >> i don't think so in a court level. it is apples and oranges.

>> in citizens united and everybody remembers the dust up and the president made a comment in the state of the union and justice schedulia. and the thing is citizens united. i don't purport to be an expert on their opinion. but it was what they could and could do. and in terms of a political action committee it is separate. >> they must shut it down. >> i think so. it will be shut down unless they use what we talked about section three of the statute. >> and it is interesting, allyson, it is going to get interesting. >> it is. >> doug, leiowa gh thank you so much. >> two cars buried for decades revealing their secrets and shining new light on long forgotten disappearances. what police found inside and why the mist rows may soon be solved. this is for you.

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road with a speed limit it of meanwhile grewsome discoveridiscovery s at the bottom of a lake. oklahoma pulling two cars at the bottom of the lake. human remains were found inside both. trace gallagher joins us with more. >> reporter: the cars were found by accident by the oklahoma valley patrol. they found these cars side-by-side in get this in just 12 feet of water. at first they thought they were just stolen cars dumped in the cars and they raised them and found the bones inside. one was a 1969 camaro with three

missing teens inside. police say the williams family actually came down to the lake when the car was found. listen to the sound byte. it is very quick. they had a lot of different emotions but closure for them. >> there were no missing persons reports back then. can you imagine missing three teens and never having a clue as to what happened to them? a friend said at the time her dad was a sheriff investigating them. >> he would bring that up every now and then how it bothered him. he said there was nothing. no leads, no nothing. it was like they vanished into thin air. and they did vanish for 40 plus years. the other was a chevy thought to belong to a man named alvy pour ther who was 60 when he

disappeared. no identities have yet been confi confirmed. >> we believe that this very well couldi be them however, nothing will be final until reports come back from the state medical examiner's office. >> they don't believe foul play was involved. they think the cars might have been going too fast and went off the boat ramp and landed in the lake. >> too bad they had to wait so long. thank you. >> study finds children's food allergies are costing the u.s. $25 million a year. we break down the reasons why. plus another major company makes changes ahead of obamacare. and what it tells us about the greater impact on main street.

critics are asking why not state department official hasn't been held accountable. today lawmakers try to get answers.

today's hearing focusing for the first time on evidence that shows the decision to maintain substandard security was made at the highest levels of the state department that was made by the state department role in the tragedy.

including of course the ambassador, chris stevens. today's witness, patrick kennedy, insisted that the proper people had been held responsible. >> no one has been held accountable. they are no longer holding those senior positions. i submit respectively that accou accountability includes being relieved of your position. >> kathrine tell us what you heard today. >> reporter: good afternoon, ambassador kennedy confirmed

that the benghazi operation did not meet the prescribed security standards and meeting them was only a goal. >> we did not have time to build a new building or take the months to retro fit. >> what kennedy did not mention to lawmakers was that he was the one to establish the operation and claimed at least twice that all measures were met exocept one. in light of that emergency meeting, kennedy claimed that he was waving on the beurocracy. >> the cable sir, and i have a copy in front of me, it closes

with "u.s. mission benghazi will submit and request for additional security upgrades and staffing needs". we never received that additional request. i could not respond to a request that had not yet been submitted. >> multiple republicans compl n complained to this day that they have not respond ed yet. a republican asked whether it was through that the four level managers that have been reassign ed received bonuses. >> who made the decision you or secretary clinton to not be transparent. >> i don't believe it was either of us but i have to go back and find out. >> lawmakers questioned why mrs.

clinton was never interviewed by the panel. the two people who led that panel will now face questions on that issue. we are finally getting to the core of this. and if it was kennedy and clinton, why was clinton not more specifically questioned. >> thank you. >> you are bell cowelcome. what if anything is going to come from the hearing today? >> hi stephen. you heard kathrine's report. he said i felt that he was sort of all over the map in terms of whether or not they could have done more security. you heard kathrine say that kennedy said he had not received

another request for security. it is rather an extraordinary claim. the suggestions that he was making that he was sort of unaware that there had been these urgent requests for additional security. it is a ramger remarkab ee erat claim to make given those that have said that there were numerous requests in libya that went unheeded. it was a striking thing for ambassador kennedy to say. >> at another point in the hearing today. he talked about the requests. >> the state department responded to every single one of the requests for increased

security enhancements in benghazi. and i would be glad to submit for the record for all of the security enhancements that we put in place. increased security, barbed wire, so all of the microenhancements for benghazi that they requested were attended to. >> what do you make of that stephen? all of the enhancements were attended to? >> just because you answered some requests does not mean that there was adequate security on the ground. you have to go back and look at the threat environment in benghazi in looking at the attacks in 2012. it is clear that there were increased threat activity its. that had been well documented

and we have seen it in the reports that date before september 11th, 2012. it defices the imagination that somehow he would suggest that some how it was adequate. it reminds me of how she said it was secure that day. >> secretary of state hillary clinton said when she was called before congress. she said the specific security requests you know were handled by security professionals in the department. i didn't approve them, i didn't deny them. is it time to call her back before congress? >> i think it is. i think it would be helpful for those to find out what happened there. for the state department to produce more documents both

republicans and democrats to make determinations as to what actually had been communicated at the time. and that is a disgrace more than a year after the attack took place. >> is it possible that the security requests did stop with patrick kennedy, that they didn't go higher? >> it is possible. they say even if it was largely a cia secretary of state, this was a new facility. you have testimony from hicks saying that they wanted the secretary of state to have a robust presence in benghazi. it would seem to me that it would be unlikely that she didn't know.

>> very quickly. will we see hillary clinton back before congress answering more questions? >> i can you will. i think you will see them wanting to get more information about what happened and one of the surest ways to do that is to have her and her top aids answering questions. >> thank you. >> fox news alert for you now. we are learning that most employees will head back to work tomorrow at the washington navy yard. this will be the first time that many will return to the scene since monday morning when the navy reservist went on a shooting rampage. this comes as we learn more about the gunman, aaron alexis and his history of mental illness.

>> reporter: we are hearing more now about some of the red flags that were missed. including a story about a call from a police officer that had spoken with alexis where he told the police officer about hopping from hotel from hotel to hotel from people that were using a microwave machine that was trying to prevent him from sleeping. that results in no action from the navy. he kept his security clearance and he kept his common access card. and secretary of defense just spoke and said the pentagon is going to have to do a better job keeping it's people safe. >> every day, the millions of dod employees whether uniformed of civilian come to work and help this country.

there is always some risk to that. that is not good enough. they deserve the security of a safe environment. we will find those gaps as i said, and we will fix those gaps. >> we've learned aaron alalexis bought the shotgun here on tuesd saturday. while inside, they told me that they landed near the navy yard to pick up a random metro dc police officer which they needed his radio to communicate with the officers on the ground who were greeted like this. >> i said to the navy captain, welcome aboard.

the rest we said you are okay. we are taking you somewhere safe. >> he are not foolhearty. we know their risks and try to take reasonable precautions to protect ourselves and the aircraft but we have to get the job done. >> sergeant birchall told me that on monday although he could look out and see the washington monument and the rotunda he was more focused on the navy yard and the two cranes that he had to navigate around while saving lives. >> thank you. well a nationwide drug store now promoting obamacare. why wallgreens is telling 160,000 employees that their medical benefits will change.

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u.s. prosecutors have obtained approval to seize control of a skyscraper in new york city owned by the government of iran. the building will be sold and proceeds given to victims of

iranian terrorism. robert gates and leon joorks panetta both criticizing a military strike in syria. but that strategy is on hold now as the president persues a diplomatic approach in syria. >> when the president of the united states draws a red line t the credibility of his country is on him backing up his word. >> general jack heim is joining us. >> good to see you. >> the two former defense secretaries, were at a forum in dallas this week and said that

the president should not have sought congressional approval for the strike. >> the fact that they are both experienced men in washington. and i think for them to simultaneously criticize the president of the united states who they just finished serving is a strike in itself. while we were using the instruments of war to conduct the strike there was never intent to commit the nation to war. i think we should have been responsive and done it within a week of determining what had transpired in terms of the chemical attack itself. we would not be in this dedobac that we are in. >> both of these former defense

secretaries disagreed on whether the military strike was necessary. panetta said yes and gates said no. it is fascinating to hear them on the public stage in a public forum disagreeing with their former commander in chief and then disagreeing with each other. and the disagreement they are having with each other is one that the american people are having. but the ct of the matter is that our syria policy now is limited to chemical weapons disarmament. the white house is delusional to think that assad will disarm and

give up his chemical weapons. he will preserve much of it. it is also a whim and a wish to think that this will lead to a settlement. assad will get stronger with shipments that will continue to aide him for his conventional weapons use. the opposition force is weaker. >> the fact is that you said your opinion was different from other commentators. does that suggest that the president was damned if he did and damned if he didn't? was there strategy given that there are all of these different opinions? >> i think that is what presidential leadership is all about. it is stepping up and making the

decisions that you have to make based on that information. nd and i think this is really a lost opportunity. what is happening if we were able to depose assad which i think is a reasonable option for us to pursue. not with boots on the ground but with assisting the opposition force. we we have changed the opposition force and buffed the iranians. it is more likely that assad will stay in power and continue to use this brutal powers think the syrian people and the region will suffer as a result of it. >> so troubling a warning from you. we appreciate your expertise. thank you. >> the morning rush hour turns

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a murder trial is underway for the florida woman known as hiccup girl. a judge declared her competent to stand trial. she made national headlines in 2007 when videos of her uncontrollable hiccups and attempts to control them went sighr viral online. she is accused of attempt to kill man.

>> matthew cordal made gone on plea after posting youtube video admitting that he was driving drunk and killed a man. >> most of the time today was spent in the courtroom with the judge questioning him understanding the rights that he was waving. the right to a trial and the right to an appeal. he answered in the affirmative that he understood. the county prosecutor is now turning to the media. >> i think anything he says from now on about why he did that then is self serving. and i think anything he says his

motivations are self serving. >> he pleaded guilty to one count of vickular homicide and one count of driving while intoxicated. >> he told the judge that he doesn't remember anything from the night including driving the wrong way down the highway. >> is there a suggestion that he is going to talk to the media. >> yes, he is going to give an interview as early as tomorrow. >> his video confession was really poignant. it is the race to find the missing in colorado. as the true scope starts to come into focus. people are picking up the pieces there and a big company making big changes to hits employee health program. up next we will take a fair and

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octane search and rescue that we have been doing and transitioning into the long task that lies ahead of recovery. the crews out there include the federal emergency management teams. helicopters are still up. the door to door search with rescue doings is continuing. that list of unaccounted goes down. so that is a big goal here now. back here, this is one of the closed off main roads in the town here. one of the crew members here told us they are trying to identify gas lines so they can get power lines back up. with the lines down you have the stagnant water. the health department is warning people with asthma to be careful

about being around the cleanup. they are dealing with the secondary health issues that come after the disaster. when you have the mud that is contaminated. they are trying to warn people. it may seem to be quite over but there is still a danger out there. >> thank you. >> well in the nation's largest drug store chain is joining a growing list of companies to make changes. walgreen's plans to send 120,000 workers to a private insurance change to help a rise in costs. similar changes should be in place on october 1st. the latest fox news poll shows

43% of americans are very concerned. 25% say they are somewhat concerned and 23% say they have no worries at all. >> gentlemen, thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> let's debate what walgreen's is doing. they are saying that they will stop for more than 100,000 of their employees paying for their health care but they will give them payments to subsidize them buying private insurance on these exchanges. richard, is that a bad thing? >> i think it says it gives them choice. if you are a young person like myself and you don't need tons and tons of coverage, you can take the money that your company gives you and purchase the plan

that fits your needs. and so i think it works. i think this is the innovation that the president wanted him to s see. he wanted to see companies and individuals to make health care sheep cheaper and more affordable. >> is it as good as richard things? >> i think to quote someone who is relevant in this conversation. this is president barack obama speaking in july of 2009. i brought it along so that i he have the quote correct. he said quote if you like your heal health care plan you will be able to keep your health care plan period. no one will be able to take it away. that was the president making his pitch to the american people. >> wait a second guy. but no one is taking away their

health care. they are getting more choices and more options. >> are we sure about that? >> that 2009 line that has come back to haunt the president. he said if you like your doctor you keep your doctor. if you like your plan you keep your plan. are you sure that these walgreen's employees are going to keep their plan? it sounds like they are going to have to cough up more money. >> i think we have to get more details on what the plan includes. but with that being said, i think guy can agree on this, having choice and competition seems to be the way to go here. that is what happened when president bush gave people health care accounts. >> guy, talk about that.

>> walgreen's does say that it will give employees more options. >> there is a few points to make in response to what we just heard. >> health savings accounts are reduced under this law. i'm glad that richard brought them up. but obamacare brings them down and makes them less generous and helpful to less people. they are being dropped from their current coverage into this new plan. >> richard, i didn't interrupt you. so i'm going to finish the point here. walgreens is dumping their employees into new coverage. if people liked it, they can no longer keep it. that is a violation that the promise that the president made. and this is where yesterday's

cbo report came in. we saw over the last 25 years their projections show that the health care costs in this country are going to nearly double. so that cost curve is still going up and up and up. if employees are now responsible for paying for more of their health care, you are going to have more out of pocket costs for families and individuals. how can not not be more out of pocket costs? >> there are a couple of points that guy makes that i want to unpack. that is because the affordable care act was the first step. i think if you were to ask a lot of progressives on the hill they would think it is better.

not to mention the fact and let's go back to walgreen's in particular. you might not get the same coverage. >> hold on wait a second i think we can all agree here that giving employees more choices is the best thing. i'm like why am i paying this money for health care when i don't shchoose to use this? >> let me say one thing. i want to have richard respond to, it sounds like the president overpromi overpromised. >> i think we have to see what that looks like after the exchange has gone into place. >> you can purchase it with a sub u.s. sidy to do so.

>> i have to be if you are in favor of choice and competition. >> if i could, i'm curious, richard you said that obama care is the next step in fixing the system. what we really need is a single pair government fully run system. the act is a step in the right direction. this is what i get for having some radio guys on. they start asking the questions.

richard fallor and guy benson thank you for the debate. we shall see what happens october first. >> meanwhile this commuter bus crashed into a passenger train with deadly results. what witnesses are saying about the scene next. >> new study are costing americans big time and it is costing inin ining employers a. we will look at why. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment.

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there is a new study that shows that kid's food allergies are taking a big chunk out of your wallet. big prize tag on problems that plague kids. study found that 8% of american kids are affected by food allergies. the cost to the united states is nearly $25 billion a year. nearly $45 billion goes to trips to the er and 9.1% of parents surveyed said they had to deal with some type of work related opportunity costs. so let's talk about all of this with dr. carr ol ash. were you surprised by that number? >> it is a staggering number. there has been an increase with

these food related injuries. 30 to 40,000 er visits alone. >> 8% of children suffered from food allergies. i would have thought it was more. i have kids in the public school system and they have to go through some hoops for friends with food allergies. >> i think if we looked at the numbers it is probably higher than 8%. food al jag allergies and intol to foods. the question is why? if you look at our diet it is different than other countries where they are eating vegetables. we are eating animal fat and that is changing the bacteria in the gutt. >> we have always eaten animal

fat. we have eaten processed foods since the 50s. they think that something is happening in utero because of the mother's diet? >> children's diet. it used to be believed that what the mother was eating had an impact on the child. they came out and said no, it is not related to the breast feeding diet. it is related to starting the kids at a young age and starting them on solids too early. the vaccinations are they not p. so you can look at these and there is speculation that our diet, even though we can look and say some people aren't

eating a healthy diet. you are seeing more difficulty with asthma and all of these diseases that impair the immune response. >> sure but we all know moms who ate healthfully during their pregnancy and their kids have a peanut allergy. it seems like something else is happening in the environment. are scientists trying to figure it out? >> they are. still a lot of speculation. i think those factors still hold true. when you look at the issue of vaccinating the children. your immune system is not going after the diseases. so, a lot of factors to consider. >> you want to vaccinate against the deadly diseases but you

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young girl. malala was the pakistani teen shot by the taliban. she's been given the amnesty award. bono was on hand for the ceremony. she urged governments around the the world take action against inequality. >> i want to live in a world where free education is available everywhere to every child and let no one be forgotten. thank you so much. >> it's like she's running the united nations already. she's complete command of the crowd. she waves as if she's waving to 100,000 people. she was born for it. she was born for this moment and, you know, yeah, i'm just totally god smacked, actually. >> she was flown from pakistan to the uk for emergency

treatment after shot in the head by taliban gunman. she was targeted because of her campaign for girl's rights to attend school. a new frontier for space transportation a commercial cargo freighter lived off on the first test mission to the international space station. phil is live in miami with more. >> reporter: this is the future and the future is now for getting cargo up to the space station post space shuttle era. after today, space x is no longer the only american commercial space game in town. georgia based orbital sciences launched. if all goes well sunday it will do what only space x has done, launch and birth a private spacecraft. it's orbiting the earth with solar arrays deployed no problem, gradually getting

higher. >> this is very exciting for us. there's a lot of happy people in the control center and over the orbital campuses. we're smiling and very excited. >> it's in four critical case of approach to the space station to prove its capability. horriblal will conduct ten demonstrations and this being a test flight, quirks and problems are anticipated. it's often called the beer can due to its shape. it's bringing clothing and spare parts and scientific experiments. watching it, a group of science school kids from texas who have things onboard such as testing photo sin thinks sis in space. the arm will grab it and pull it in.

unlike the space x which parachutes back down, this one is designed to burn up in the atmosphere with a bunch of space trash. >> sounds good, thank you for the update. we'll be right back.

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